upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
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The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients experiencing immediate and essential emergency needs.
In April 2020, Leeway established a COVID-19 Relief Fund with the goal of distributing unrestricted grants to Leeway grant and award recipients experiencing financial hardship as a direct result of the pandemic. Since then, the fund has evolved to focus on immediate and essential emergency need funding. As of January 2024, $619,175 had been re-distributed to 402 artists.
We would like to credit local + national initiatives and organizations in the field for providing relief and other fund models we used as resources that helped Leeway create and launch the Community Care Fund, particularly Alternate ROOTS’ Solidarity Fund. In past years, Leeway has been able to support this stream of funding thanks to generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Independence Public Media Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Sundance Institute, Surdna Foundation, and The William Penn Foundation.
You are eligible to apply if you are:
You are not eligible to apply if you:
We define “emergency and essential need” as the imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, utilities, medicine, food, caregiving, and/or other essential needs. Applicants will need to demonstrate a pressing and critical need foR emergency support in order to receive funding. Due to an unprecedented amount of need in the communities Leeway serves and limited funds, Leeway unfortunately will not be able to fund every request.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, from February 9, 2024 through November 30, 2024, or until funds are depleted.
Funds will be awarded to eligible applicants in the order in which they’re received, twice per month, by a panel of community-based artists and cultural producers. The Fund will aim to send grant notifications within 2-3 weeks of submission, or less.
In order to not exhaust all CCF funding in the beginning of the year, there will be a maximum amount of funding available per cycle. Once the maximum amount is reached per cycle, the fund will close until the beginning of the next cycle. See cycles below:
Applications are accepted at the online application below. If this presents difficulty for you or you have access needs, please contact Melissa Hamilton at mhamilton@leeway.org or call 215.728.9274 to set up a quick and easy phone application.
DOWNLOAD THE CCF GUIDELINES:
APPLY ONLINE:
COMMUNITY CARE FUND (CCF) EN ESPAÑOL:
The Window of Opportunity (WOO) Grant provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 to Leeway grant and award recipients to help them take advantage of imminent, time-sensitive opportunities to support their art for social change practice.
You are eligible to apply if you are:
You are not eligible to apply if you:
The grant deadline is the 15th of every month from February to November, and decisions are made within four weeks of the deadline by a panel of community based artists and cultural producers.
DOWNLOAD WOO GUIDELINES:
APPLY ONLINE:
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY (WOO) EN ESPAÑOL: